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Post by TheChosen on Dec 15, 2012 0:13:39 GMT -5
Spinning off from the Saturn thread, lets talk about some horrible names of videogames. Or if you'd like, awful names in a videogame.
Names like Three Dirty Dwarves and Gun, former which sounds like a niche porn movie and latter which is so generic it hurts.
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Post by nickz on Dec 15, 2012 0:55:57 GMT -5
These game have awful/great names depending on what you think of them.
Oh Shit! Act Fancer Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer Wargasm Karnajj Rally Rad Zone No Named Normy's Beach Babe O Rama Agressors of Dark Kombat Hotdog Storm Poke Man What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School Name This Game Rockstar: Never Trust Rotten Tangerines
These games have good names, but are I find them hard to pronounce.
ESP Ra. De. Xexyz Gynoug Jung Rythm Gotzendiener Yggdra Union Gaiares VVVVVV
I'm going to give special mention to The Lawnmower Man as the worst name for a game in my opinion. I know it's based on a movie, but the name made me wonder what the hell it was even about. I thought the game would be kind of like Lady Priest Lawnmower, but it ended up being more like a really bad interactive movie based on a really bad regular movie.
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Post by jorpho on Dec 15, 2012 1:14:13 GMT -5
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 15, 2012 1:20:30 GMT -5
Easy to name my #1 answer here: Dinosaur, and its remake Dinosaur: Resurrection. Apparently not a very good seller for Falcom, and it's easy to see why. It's a postmodern surrealist horror RPG in the first-person dungeon-crawler vein, a la Wizardry. And it has absolutely nothing to do with dinosaurs whatsoever. It's only named Dinosaur because the final boss is named Dinosaur. (He is not, by the way, a dinosaur.) The game is amazing, but I seriously think its name kept a lot of people from buying it. Or, possibly, convinced avid dinosaur fans to buy it, ultimately disappointing them. An honorable mention from Falcom's library should also go to Zwei II. The original Zwei was apparently named as such because it had two protagonists and because Falcom already had popular series beginning with the letters X (Xanadu) and Y (Ys). Not the best reason in the world to pick the German word for "two," but hey, at least it was a reason, and "Zwei!!" is admittedly kind of a catchy title (especially when you add the two exclamation points at the end!). But "Zwei II" for the sequel just means that whenever I mention the game to someone, I'm invariably interrupted while trying to describe it by them cracking a joke about how the name is basically "Two 2." OH HAHA VERY FUNNY I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE THANKS FOR MENTIONING IT. ...And on a non-Falcom note, and possibly a rather controversial one... I always thought the name "Chrono Trigger" was kind of... not good. See, when I was a kid, I loved swords and sorcery stories, and HATED anything with guns in it. Like, absolutely despised any games that heavily featured gun-toting protagonists. So when Chrono Trigger was announced, my mind immediately gravitated toward the "trigger" part of the title, and I instantly dismissed it as "not interested" because I was like, trigger = gun! Only when I later learned that it was a SquareSoft title, and was NOT about guns, did I finally decide to read up on the game... and needless to say, I'm glad I did! But to this day, I still think the name "Chrono Trigger" is... not as catchy or clever or interesting as other people seem to think it is! -Tom
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Post by TheGunheart on Dec 15, 2012 1:44:42 GMT -5
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
It's like, every possible bad fantasy title cliche in the book, they put in there.
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Post by [UNPERSON] on Dec 15, 2012 1:49:01 GMT -5
Lightening Force: If you're going to change the name of a perfectly good title like Thunder Force IV, at least learn how to spell. Cacoma Knight in Bizyland: It just gets on my nerves for some reason. Spanky's Quest: It isn't so bad until you realize that Spanky is referring to the monkey. This seriously had to be the first time I encountered a reference to masturbation. Booby Kids/Booby Boys: Wrong on so many levels. Fat Worm Blows a Sparky: I'm not even going to explain why.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 15, 2012 1:53:10 GMT -5
Oh, wait... how has this topic been around for this many posts without somebody mentioning "Bravely Default: Flying Fairy"? Or like, half the Kingdom Hearts games -- "358/2 Days," anyone? How about "Birth By Sleep"? Oh, and bad renames -- "God Eater" being changed to "Gods Eater" for the North American market still baffles me. Why is "Gods Eater" more acceptable? It's not even grammatically correct! -Tom
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Post by blackdrazon on Dec 15, 2012 2:48:04 GMT -5
Or if you'd like, awful names in a videogame. I'd like to open this other line of discussion with the perennial and obvious: the lead character of Final Fantasy V used to be named "Butz", and we must never, ever let them forget it. On the more popular topic, most of the names on this list by Game Revolution aren't honestly that bad? But their #1 is fantastic: Jaleco's Irritating Stick.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 15, 2012 3:03:54 GMT -5
I actually like that name. It's extremely apt. (:
And if we're going by character names, I must once again call upon Falcom, since the original, official English spelling of Dark Fact's name was "Dalk Fukt."
-Tom
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Post by Allie on Dec 15, 2012 4:10:07 GMT -5
-Tongue of the Fatman -Tuff E Nuff -Death Brade -God Medicine -D-Xhird -Libble Rabble -Bashi Bazook (not sure what was wrong with "Bio Warrior Dan", but whatever.) -TRAG : Tactical Rescue Assault Group : Mission of Mercy -Revengers of Vengeance
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Post by Mr. Saturn on Dec 15, 2012 4:30:24 GMT -5
Heavy Rain: Where every character is named as though they're starring in a kitchen-sink drama, set on Mars and written by Stan Lee.
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Post by ommadawnyawn on Dec 15, 2012 5:08:49 GMT -5
Ninja Warriors Again
...What? Not again!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - edit: so it does stand for something, but it's pretty dumb: "Scavenger, Trespasser, Adventurer, Loner, Killer, Explorer, Robber,"
Infinite Undiscovery Beyond the Beyond Sticky Balls Punky Skunk Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Devil May Cry Epic (Shufflin') Mickey Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D 'The Naked Sample' Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
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Post by derboo on Dec 15, 2012 5:43:33 GMT -5
Metal Gear Solid
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Post by Snarboo on Dec 15, 2012 6:12:56 GMT -5
Lightening Force: If you're going to change the name of a perfectly good title like Thunder Force IV, at least learn how to spell. Lightening is actually a word. If it wasn't, the word "enlightening" wouldn't exist. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if the name change was some sort of terrible pun all along. :/
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Post by Ike on Dec 15, 2012 7:04:52 GMT -5
These games have good names, but are I find them hard to pronounce. ESP Ra. De. no idea "zecks-izz" "guy-noog" "yung rithum" "got zen deener" "eegdra union" [insert shirt advert here] "vvvvvv"
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